Role of Eurasian snow cover in wintertime circulation: Decadal simulations forced with satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Orsolini, Yvan J ^a   Nils, G Kvamstø ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FLUXES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIMULATORS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; EURASIA; HINDCASTS; ICELANDICS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SKILL SCORE; SNOW COVER EXTENTS; SNOW COVERS; STRATOSPHERIC POLAR VORTEX; TELECONNECTIONS; TROPOSPHERIC WAVES; VISIBLE IMAGERY; WAVE-ACTIVITY FLUX; WINTER CIRCULATION;

SNOW;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; HINDCASTING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER; TELECONNECTION; WAVE ACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 72049106686     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012253     Document Type: Article

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